HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors and the risk of hip fractures in elderly patients

JAMA

Volumn 283, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 3211-3216

  Wang, Philip S ^a,b   Solomon, Daniel H ^a   Mogun, Helen ^a   Avorn, Jerry ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034725357     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.283.24.3211     Document Type: Article

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